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Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole

If you are anything like me you are always on the lookout for shortcuts in the kitchen. In college, I used to religiously watch Sandra Lee on the Food Network show “Semi-Homemade.” I loved that show! Did anyone else watch that? Her recipes seemed doable for the novice cook I was in my college days. Frankly, I’m still not a pro, though I do know my away around the kitchen much more so than I did back then. What I loved about Sandra’s cooking was that she uses some tips and tricks to make her recipes faster and with fewer ingredients. Ain’t nobody got time to make everything from scratch. Well, sometimes I do, but not on a school night. “From scratch” recipes are for weekends.

Speaking of school nights, my kids started back to school recently. Aren’t they cute? I just love first day of school pictures!

Coincidentally, I also started working full time at a new job the same week. I haven’t worked full time in 10 years so this is going to be a big adjustment for our family. One such adjustment is going to be with my meal-prep and weekday supper planning.

This is one of the recipes I have adapted to be semi-homemade. Plus, it can be pre-prepped and thrown in the oven in minutes. That’s my kind of week day supper! Pop it in the oven and help the kids with homework while it cooks. Meals like this are a life saver, I tell ya. In the words of Sandra Lee, “Keep it simple, keep it smart, keep it semi-homemade.” Couldn’t have said it better myself. ~Erin